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used by EPA to determine compliance 

with these standards. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Portland cement plants. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart F). 

Estimated number of respondents: 92 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Initially and 

semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 14,100 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,390,000 (per 

year), which includes $744,000 in 

annualized capital/startup and/or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is an 

adjustment decrease in the total 

estimated burden as currently identified 

in the OMB Inventory of Approved 

Burdens. This decrease is not due to any 

program changes. The decrease in 

burden from the most-recently approved 

ICR is due to a decrease in the number 

of affected existing facilities, as 

identified by a review of Portland 

cement facilities reporting in EPA’s 

ECHO and GHGRP databases. This 

change also results in a decrease in 

operation and maintenance costs. This 

ICR maintains an assumption that there 

will be no new respondents over the 

next three years, but two existing plants 

will undergo modification or 

reconstruction. Therefore, the capital 

costs have not changed from the 

previous ICR. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0323; FRL–10025– 

85–OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking 

Facilities (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), NESHAP for 

Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking 

Facilities (EPA ICR Number 2277.06, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0608), to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through August 31, 2021. 

Public comments were previously 

requested, via the Federal Register, on 

May 12, 2020 during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

A fuller description of the ICR is given 

below, including its estimated burden 

and cost to the public. An agency may 

neither conduct nor sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 2, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2013–0323, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

profanity, threats, information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI), or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, 

and Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 

2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; 

email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting, are available in the 

public docket for this ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person, at 

the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit: http://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Abstract: The National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Electric Arc Furnace 

Steelmaking Facilities (40 CFR part 63, 

subpart YYYYY) apply to existing 

facilities and new Electric Arc Furnace 

(EAF) steelmaking facilities that are area 

sources of hazardous air pollutants 

(HAP) emissions. These standards 

establish particulate matter (PM) 

emission limits for control devices and 

opacity limits for melt shops, pollution 

prevention requirements for ferrous 

scrap that is melted in EAFs, and 

monitoring, reporting, and 

recordkeeping requirements. New 

facilities include those that commenced 

construction or reconstruction after the 

date of proposal. NESHAP standards 

require initial notifications, 

performance tests, and periodic reports 

by the owners/operators of the affected 

facilities. They are also required to 

maintain records of the occurrence and 

duration of any startup, shutdown, or 

malfunction in the operation of an 

affected facility, or any period during 

which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. These notifications, reports, 

and records are used by EPA to 

determine compliance with these 

standards. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Owners or operators of electric arc 

furnace steelmaking facilities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

YYYYY). 

Estimated number of respondents: 81 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Initially, 

semiannually, and occasionally. 

Total estimated burden: 4,000 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $485,000 (per 

year), which includes $15,500 in 

annualized capital/startup costs. There 

are no operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

adjustment decrease in the total 

estimated respondent burden as 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved Burdens. This 

decrease is not due to any program 

changes. The decrease in burden from 

the most-recently approved ICR is due 

to a decrease in the number of affected 

existing facilities, as identified by a 

review of the EAF facility source list 

and by consulting with internal Agency 

experts at OAQPS. This change also 

results in an increase in capital/startup 

costs. The previous ICR did not account 

for any capital/startup costs as the 

growth rate for the industry was very 


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low during that time period, so no 

initial compliance costs were associated 

with these standards. However, we 

expect that there will be 1.6 new 

respondents each year over the next 

three years, and the increase in capital/ 

startup costs accounts for the cost of 

initial performance testing for those 

facilities. Despite this increase in 

capital/startup costs, the overall cost 

estimate for this burden has decreased 

due to a decrease in the number of 

currently existing facilities. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2016–0731; FRL–10025–85– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; EPA’s 

Methane Challenge and Natural Gas 

STAR Programs (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

EPA’s Methane Challenge and Natural 

Gas STAR Programs (EPA ICR Number 

2547.02, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0722) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

revision of the ICR for the Methane 

Challenge Program, which is currently 

approved through August 31, 2021. This 

revision incorporates the data collection 

for the Natural Gas STAR Program 

(currently approved under OMB Control 

Number 2060–0328). Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register on January 19, 2021 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 2, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2016–0731, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

profanity, threats, information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI), or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Meluch, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, Climate Change Division, 

(6207A), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4762; email address: 

meluch.andrew@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting, are available in the 

public docket for this ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: The Natural Gas STAR and 

Methane Challenge programs (‘‘Gas 

STAR Programs’’) are voluntary 

programs sponsored by the EPA that 

encourage oil and natural gas companies 

to adopt cost effective technologies and 

practices that improve operational 

efficiency and reduce methane 

emissions. Methane is the primary 

component of natural gas and a potent 

greenhouse gas. The Programs work 

with oil and natural gas companies in 

the production, gathering & boosting, 

processing, transmission & storage, and 

distribution segments to remove barriers 

that inhibit the implementation of 

technologies and practices that reduce 

methane emissions. The Programs 

effectively promote the adoption of 

emission reduction technologies and 

practices by helping partners evaluate 

Best Management Practices (BMPs) in 

the context of their current operations 

and implement them where costeffective. Implementation of the 

Programs’ BMPs saves participants 

money, improves operational efficiency, 

and enhances the protection of the 

environment. This action will combine 

the ICRs for the Methane Challenge and 

the Natural Gas STAR programs, which 

is expected to streamline partners’ 

engagement with the programs and 

simplify communications about 

reporting. 

Form Numbers: 

• Natural Gas STAR Program— 

Partnership Agreement: EPA Form 

No. 5900–105 

• Methane Challenge Program— 

Partnership Agreement for Best 

Management Practice Commitment 

Option: EPA Form No. 5900–412 

• Methane Challenge Program— 

Partnership Agreement for ONE 

Future Emissions Intensity 

Commitment Option: EPA Form No. 

5900–411 

• Natural Gas STAR Program— 

Production Reporting Form: EPA 

Form No. 5900–104 

• Natural Gas STAR Program— 

Transmission Reporting Form: EPA 

Form No. 5900–95 

• Natural Gas STAR Program— 

Distribution Reporting Form: EPA 

Form No. 5900–99 

• Natural Gas STAR Program— 

Gathering and Processing Reporting 

Form: EPA Form No. 5900–102 

• Methane Challenge Program—BMP 

Commitment Option Reporting Form: 

EPA Form No. 5900–434 

• Methane Challenge Program—ONE 

Future Commitment Option Reporting 

Form: EPA Form No. 5900–435 

• Methane Challenge Program— 

Historical Actions Fact Sheet 

Template: EPA Form No. 5900–413 

• Methane Challenge Program— 

Implementation Plan Template: EPA 

Form No. 5900–410 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

Natural Gas STAR and Methane 

Challenge Programs are open to 

companies in the production segment of 

the oil industry, and to companies in 

the production, gathering & boosting, 

processing, transmission & storage, and 

distribution segments of the natural gas 

industry. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

140 (54 Natural Gas STAR partners, 76 

Methane Challenge partners and 10 

vendors). 

Frequency of response: Annual for 

partners and one time for vendors. 

Total estimated burden: 1,126 hours 

(per year) for the Natural Gas STAR 


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